Arsenic is one of the regulated hazard materials in the environment and a persistent
pollutant creating environmental, agricultural and health issues and posing a serious risk to …

This review aimed to investigate the reported concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd),
and lead (Pb) in rice cultivated in Africa and African rice paddies compared to other regions …

Ingestion of drinking water is not the only elevated source of arsenic to the diet in the Bengal
Delta. Even at background levels, the arsenic in rice contributes considerably to arsenic …

Arsenic contamination in groundwater in Bangladesh has become an additional concern vis-
à-vis its use for irrigation purposes. Even if arsenic-safe drinking-water is assured, the …

Arsenic-rich groundwater from shallow tube wells is widely used for the irrigation of boro rice
in Bangladesh and West Bengal. In the long term this may lead to the accumulation of As in …

This study monitored the influence of arsenic-contaminated irrigation water on alkaline soils
and arsenic uptake in agricultural plants at field level. The arsenic concentrations in …

Around 38% of the area of Bangladesh is irrigated with groundwater to grow dry season
crops, most importantly boro rice. Due to high As concentrations in many groundwaters, over …

Arsenic (As) concentrations in the soil layers of 12 rice fields located in four As affected
areas and two unaffected areas in Bangladesh were monitored during 2003. In the …

In the present study, pressurised liquid extraction and ultrasound probe sonication, for the
latter in combination with a mixed enzymatic treatment in case of rice and straw samples …

Soil and soil–water As profiles were obtained from 4 rice paddies in Bangladesh during the
wet growing season (May–November), when surface water with little arsenic is used for …